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Article on theory of delaying arithmetic to later years (from1935)
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This was posted on the living math yahoo group http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/benezet/three.pdf
It’s long but fascinating! It has plenty of CM elements too.
i have only read the first seven pages but i find this fascinating. i have downloaded it for further perusal. my ds12 started math “late” and is progressing rapidly, i have to agree with the author’s reasoning. looking forward to reading the rest.
I’ve read this some time ago. It is fascinating. This is the article that made me stop panicking that my adopted 10yos, whom we’ve had for four years, is slower with basic arithmetic “on paper”, but seems to have excellent understanding “in real life.”
I’ve read a few articles on the subject, and like Robin, am trying not to rush dd6.5. Unfortunately, I did try to rush ds10, who now hates math. I wonder if dropping it for a time would be beneficial.
I understand you nerakr. I was up early this morning and used that time to evalutate my son’s math book and have chosen to set aside the “extras” that I think are unnecessary, finding fractional points on a line? When is my 12 year old ever going to use that? That can wait until he’s older, I am going to focus on strengthening the basics, add, subtract, multiply, divide and basic measurement. He’s a slower learner so I want to solidify the skills he will be using for the rest of his life first!
I agree that it’s allowed me to breathe a little more in the subject of math. Just because “they” say that a certain scope and sequence should be the norm, I forget that I can choose to be a little different in our homeschool. It just scares me at test time with the district having not done it yet.
I read somewhere that the beauty of oral math is that the children don’t get so hung up on the format (ie 8 + 2) having to look exactly like that per the worksheet. They can arrange it however in their minds. Math is intriguing to me and it’s becoming less scary…how exciting! By the way, the book Family Math has a lot of games on estimation, measurements, etc.
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